Psalm 48_1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Zion Exalted

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.

¹ The Lord is great and highly praised in the city of our God. His holy mountain,

² rising splendidly, is the joy of the whole earth. Mount Zion #– #the summit of Zaphon #– # is the city of the great King.

³ God is known as a stronghold in its citadels.

⁴ Look! The kings assembled; they advanced together.

⁵ They looked and froze with fear; they fled in terror.

⁶ Trembling seized them there, agony like that of a woman in labour,

⁷ as you wrecked the ships of Tarshish with the east wind.

⁸ Just as we heard, so we have seen in the city of the Lord of Armies, in the city of our God; God will establish it for ever.  Selah

⁹ God, within your temple, we contemplate your faithful love.

¹⁰ Like your name, God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with justice.

¹¹ Mount Zion is glad. Judah’s villages  rejoice because of your judgements.

¹² Go round Zion, encircle it; count its towers,

¹³ note its ramparts; tour its citadels so that you can tell a future generation:

¹⁴ ‘This God, our God for ever and ever – he will always lead us.’  ,